LOT 3306
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Sela'-Drachm. Dated RY 11 (20/19 BC). Petra mint.
'BDT MLKA' in Nabataean to right, diademed and draped bust of Obodas to right; 'ŠNT' and date 11 in Nabataean to left / Jugate diademed and draped busts of Obodas and Hagaru to right. CN 50 var. (Nabataean Ḥ in field on reverse); Meshorer, Nabataea -; DCA2 1015. Very Fine. Struck with worn dies, large lamination on reverse.(4.57gr, 18mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 565, 3 July 2024, lot 255.
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LOT 3306
Nabataea, Obodas II, with Hagaru I AR Sela'-Drachm.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £139
Various types. 44.84gr total.
Condition as seen.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Bithynia, Nikomedes IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm. Dated 207 BE (91/0 BC). Nikomedeia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ, Zeus standing to left, holding long sceptre with left hand and wreath with right; to inner left, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt above monogram of MHN and ZΣ (date). Callataÿ p. 62 (dies D173/R9); Dewing 2160 (same dies); Hermitage Sale II, lot 1133 (same dies); DCA2 499; HGC 7, 646 (92/1 BC). 16,72gr, 33mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned, struck with worn obverse die.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Diademed head to right / Spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ to right, AYTOKPATOPOΣ to left. SC 2034.1; HGC 9, 1061. 5.44gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
